Why learn the names of plants? -- Before there were flowers -- Plants are named like people -- Organizing the huge diversity of plants -- The language of botany -- What the terms Monocot, dicot, and eudicot tell you -- Parts of three -- Monocots: orchids, asparagus, and irises -- Grassy monocots: grasses and relatives -- Early eudicots: buttercups and poppies -- Eudicots: crassula, euphorbs, and willows -- Eudicots: peas and beans -- Rose eudicots: roses, mulberries, and elms -- Eudicots: squashes, oaks, and birches -- Eudicots: maples, cashews, and chocolate -- Brassica eudicots: the mustards -- Pink eudicots: pinks, cacti, and relatives -- Heath and dogwood eudicots -- Gentian eudicots from milkweed to coffee -- Tomato-type eudicots -- Minty eudicots with liplike flowers -- Sunflower eudicots: more than you think -- Parsley eudicots: plants with umbels -- Now you see plants.